Side by Side (2012)
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Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 3
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Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by Side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese,
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Cast
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Keanu Reeves
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Steven Soderbergh
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James Cameron
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David Lynch
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Richard Linklater
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Martin Scorsese
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Lana Wachowski
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Andy Wachowski
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Christopher Nolan
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Wally Pfister
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David Fincher
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Reed Dawson Morano
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Greta Gerwig
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George Lucas
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Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez -
Brad Young
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Michael Chapman
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John Mathieson
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Vittorio Storaro
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David G. Stump
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Dick Pope
Dick Pope -
Sandi Sissel
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Donald M. McAlpine
Donald M. McAlpine -
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus -
David Tattersall
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Phil Meheux
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Charles Herzfeld
Charles Herzfeld -
Alec Shapiro
Alec Shapiro -
Lars von Trier
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Anthony Dod Mantle
Anthony Dod Mantle -
Jason Kliot
Jason Kliot -
Geoffrey Gilmore
Geoffrey Gilmore -
Ellen Kuras
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Caroline Kaplan
Caroline Kaplan -
Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin -
John Malkovich
John Malkovich -
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle -
Thomas Rothman
Thomas Rothman -
Michael L. Phillips
Michael L. Phillips -
Walter Murch
Walter Murch -
Craig Wood
Craig Wood -
Derek Ambrosi
Derek Ambrosi -
Anne V. Coates
Anne V. Coates -
Chris Lebenzon
Chris Lebenzon -
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura
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John Knoll
John Knoll -
Tim Webber
Tim Webber -
Dennis Muren
Dennis Muren -
Adam Valdez
Adam Valdez -
Jonathan Fawkner
Jonathan Fawkner -
Don Ciana
Don Ciana -
Terry Haggar
Terry Haggar -
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Andrzej Bartkowiak -
Stefan Sonnenfeld
Stefan Sonnenfeld -
Jill Bogdanowicz
Jill Bogdanowicz -
Tim Stipan
Tim Stipan -
Jost Vacano
Jost Vacano -
Geoff Boyle
Geoff Boyle -
Dion Beebe
Dion Beebe -
Jim Jannard
Jim Jannard -
Ted Schilowitz
Ted Schilowitz -
Vilmos Zsigmond
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Bruce Dorn
Bruce Dorn -
Shruti Ganguly
Shruti Ganguly -
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham -
Ari Presler
Ari Presler -
Glenn Kennel
Glenn Kennel -
Vincent Pace
Vincent Pace -
Steve Schklair
Steve Schklair -
Joel Schumacher
Joel Schumacher -
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson -
Michael K. Goi
Michael K. Goi -
Gary Einhaus
Gary Einhaus -
Edward Stratmann
Edward Stratmann -
Lorenzo Di Bonaventure
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Jost Vocano
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All Critics (64) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (3)
Keanu Reeves is a game frontman of this fact-filled, slightly chaotic doc about the rise of digital technology in film.
Top CriticA trim, informative 99-minute primer on celluloid film, which to many viewers has a warmth and feel as soothing as buttered popcorn, and the brave new world of digital cinema.
It's this simple: If you like movies, you need to see "Side by Side."
Actors such as Robert Downey Jr. complain that because digital cameras can be reloaded in seconds, there is no time for performers to hang out in their trailers between takes (in protest, he urinated in jars, which he hid all over the sets of Zodiac).
There is great flux in this world, as Side by Side so entertainingly demonstrates, and where it's all headed is both discomforting and exhilarating. Stay tuned.
An unapologetically serious, geek-friendly documentary, it talks pixels, grain, depth of field and other technical concerns with a variety of directors, cinematographers, special-effects wizards and more.
Essential viewing for anyone interested in filmmaking or the unique sight of Keanu Reeves shooting the breeze with David Lynch.
Side By Side is a riveting, under-the-hood distillation of 100 years of Hollywood experimentation, innovation and expensive bravery.
Keanu Reeves proves a surprisingly engaging host for this documentary inquiry into the ongoing transition from celluloid to digital filmmaking.
Essential viewing for understanding different sides of one of the most vital current debates in cinema.
At once a celebration of new technology and a lamentation of a passing one, Side by Side is oddly depressing to watch.
It asks questions about culture and technology, the creation of a new sensibility, and whether we're looking at the debasement of values or a new democracy coming to the arts.
This is route-one stuff.No serious film enthusiast will, however, want to miss Side by Side.
Maybe this geekily precise, Keanu Reeves-fronted documentary fretting over the death of celluloid needs to give digital its due.
It's sweet and sparkling, as glassfuls of thought are provided by James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, David Lynch, Steven Soderbergh and other champagne cinematic cerebra.
A riveting, informative and extremely entertaining documentary about the digital vs celluloid debate that's a must-see for anyone interested in films and filmmaking.
Side by Side delves into areas too niche to entice the casual cinemagoer, but nevertheless this really is essential viewing for movie fans.
With film labs closing down and new formats springing up all the time, this is a timely stock-take of 21st Century cinema.
The movie doesn't offer much consideration of digital video as an esthetic in its own right -- as something that is valuable because it is *distinctive* from film, rather than as a format that aspires to be *indistinguishable* from film.
Probing documentary on the history of film that's geared for techies, those in the film industry, geeks or film junkies.
This exhaustive documentary is one of the best films ever made about the filmmaking process.
Possibly only of value to true cinephiles, but it's a vital education on the highs and lows of film vs. digital as the medium moves into an exciting new direction of creative access and picture clarity.
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Foreign Titles
- Side by Side: The Science, Art and Impact of Digital Cinema (DE)
- Side by Side (UK)
